1. The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi


2. American Nerd by Benjamin Nugent



3. This I Believe Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman



4. The Tourists by Jeff Hobbs



5. Calamity and Other Stories by Daphne Kalotay



6. Seventeen Seventeen Jerome by Richard Thornley



7. Under the Dome by Stephen King



8. Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala



9. Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas



10. The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo by Darrin Doyle



11 . The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli



12. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise



13. Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan by Phillip Lopate



14. The Pieces from Berlin by Michael Pye



15. At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill



16. Brief Interviews With Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace


17. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls



18. Experience by Martin Amis



19. Why Kerouac Matters by John Leland



20. Empire Rising by Thomas Kelly



21. Whatever It Takes by Paul Tough